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The losses of Germany on the eastern front are widely believed to be the most significant factor in defeating Nazi Germany and the USSR won the battle of Berlin, the final battle before the German capitulation. Thus Europe widely believed (for a good reason) that the USSR was the main contributor in defeating Germany. With the cold war the perception of the USSR became a lot worse in western countries like France and with increasing anti-USSR sentiment the view flipped to viewing the USA as the deciding factor. The USSR (and the Russian Federation today, even if its government is very anti USSR) viewed itself as the most important force in defeating Germany, especially because the USSR had the biggest amount of deaths. It is worth noting that the USSR was at least commercially allied with Nazi Germany until June 22, 1941 and there was an agreement between the nations on which parts of Europe each could invade and which where reserved for the other.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soviet_Union_in_World_War_II

  • ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip
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    10 days ago

    Your comment started with

    For its many mistakes, the USSR didn’t pillage the resources of any country,

    I showed you’re wrong. Instead of saying “oops, you’re right, my bad”, you’re shifting the goal and trying to… word vomit? I don’t think there’s any value in talking to you then. But then you wrote this

    Poland was made to pay reparations to the USSR because of the lives lost saving Poland,

    … The fuck? Invaded country paying reparations? Do you hear yourself you imperialist scum? If you ever visit Poland, ping me, me and my boys are gonna fuck you up for saying that. Do hurry though before the veteran boys will die of old age.

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      10 days ago

      If you ever visit Poland, ping me, me and my boys are gonna fuck you up

      Hope you get banned for that, but I’m glad you resort to violence when confronted with evidence, classic right wing nationalist

      • ThirdConsul@lemmy.zip
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        10 days ago

        What evidence? You haven’t gave a bit of that?

        Do you also tell Gazan that they need to pay reparations to Izrael, or Ukrainians to Russia?

        Nevermind, I’m blocking you.